Treatment required for the self-reported worst injuries sustained by 431 respondents from senior women's Australian football
| Upper limb (n=144)* | Lower limb (n=353)* | Other (n=103)* | Total (n=600)* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per cent† | (n) | Per cent† | (n) | Per cent† | (n) | Per cent† | (n) | |
| No treatment | 1 | (2) | 2 | (6) | 2 | (2) | 2 | (10) |
| Self-treated | 15 | (21) | 16 | (56) | 8 | (8) | 14 | (85) |
| Club trainer/physiotherapist | 15 | (22) | 18 | (62) | 23 | (24) | 18 | (108) |
| General practitioner | 23 | (33) | 13 | (46) | 22 | (23) | 17 | (102) |
| Hospital/surgery/specialist | 24 | (34) | 16 | (55) | 18 | (19) | 18 | (108) |
| Local physiotherapist | 18 | (26) | 33 | (115) | 20 | (21) | 27 | (162) |
| Other therapist‡ | 4 | (6) | 4 | (13) | 6 | (6) | 4 | (25) |
*The n is treatments reported, participants could choose more than one treatment.
†Per cent is the proportion of all treatments within injured body region.
‡Other includes myotherapist, chiropractor and occupational therapist.